April 6: 'Common Threads'

Symposium to consider 'History of Fashion through a Woman's Eyes'

11:56 a.m., March 12, 2013--A symposium titled “Common Threads: A History of Fashion through a Woman’s Eyes” will be held from 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m., Saturday, April 6, in the Trabant University Center Theatre at the University of Delaware.

The 20th annual June Lecture Series at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UD in Wilmington will be held June 6-9. Titled 'June a la Carte,' this year's program focuses on great political documents, feminism, world politics and a Newark cuisine sampler.

The "Common Threads" exhibition chronicles 20th century women’s fashion and explores the meaning of fashion in art and social and historical contexts. On view are objects from the Historic Costume and Textiles Collection of the University of Delaware’s Department of Fashion and Apparel Studies.

The program is funded by a grant from the College of Arts and Sciences’ Interdisciplinary Humanities Research Center.